3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
They are two P-47C Thunderbolts. The one in the foreground was Major Don Bryan's LJ-B, serial number, 42-8381, designated "war weary", named, Little One, and the second one, LJ-D, serial number, 42-7896, also, "war weary", and an RAF Vultee A-35, and an AT-6 Texan.
- Associated caption that may be in error : "P-47 Thunderbolts, Little One, LJ-B, 28381, dark green with white cowl band, tow target ship that T.P. Smith flew up to 39,500 ft." Roger Freeman Collection
Punctuation, spelling changes. - Kickapoo
Object Number - FRE 6120 - Four aircraft that have been re-assigned to the 3rd Gunnery and Tow-Target Flight at East Wretham, U.K. They are two P-47C Thunderbolts. The one in...
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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East Wretham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 360th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Squadron 368th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: T-223049
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: 11069740 / O-811841
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: 19166967 / O-711944
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron 370th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: O-855889
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: 16161452 / O-714379
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: - Little One
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Trigger Jeepers
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 370th Fighter Squadron 377th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
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Sources
Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)